Mental Floss

• They were also confined to Muslim online spaces, such as what people refer to as “Muslim Twitter”.
• This increased visibility allows Muslim ideas around faith, worship and community to be heard and more widely engaged with.

Everyday interactions

• But the question speaks profoundly to the curiosity that Ramadan practices often elicit in everyday interactions that people who are not Muslim have with those who are.
• For the past three years, the BBC has run an eponymous podcast, Not Even Water, which explores experiences of Ramadan and debunks misconceptions.
• It is also spurred by local residents noting the heightened buzz of activity in mosques on Ramadan evenings and on social media.
• This is often taken as an opportunity to showcase good relations with Muslim communities or to acknowledge their “contributions”.

Digital tools

• During COVID lockdowns, social media users introduced the hashtag #myopeniftar to connect people breaking fast in isolation.
• Digital advertising, documentation and online streaming have allowed it to maintain its momentum and reach wider audiences.
• The Ramadan Lights display in central London, which was introduced in 2023, is another salient example of how digital tools have been central to a project’s growth, despite the tension and contestation it has also triggered.
• Digital tools and social media in particular have allowed these counterpublics to promote their Ramadan messages to a broader audience including non-Muslims.

Khadijah Elshayyal receives funding from the ESRC Laura Jones receives funding from the ESRC in her current role. She has previously received funding from the Jameel Education Foundation for her PhD research on Ramadan.

• The acquisition of STN will bring additional technology capabilities, distribution and sports highlight content rights to Minute Media’s ecosystem of owned sports content brands, distribution partners and advertisers.
• STN Video features an award-winning, robust video platform that complements Minute Media's existing Voltax Video infrastructure.
• “Bringing STN Video into the Minute Media family is a big win for our owned sports content brands, distribution partners and advertisers.
• “STN Video was built for distribution partners who care about content, user experience and monetization,” said Matthew Watson, CEO of STN Video.

• WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UserWay (TASE: UWAY), a full-service provider of digital accessibility technologies, announced the appointments of Sophia Tupolev-Luz as Vice President of Communications and Etay Geller as Vice President of Product.
• Tupolev-Luz is a seasoned B2B communications strategist, economic inclusion advocate, and non-profit leader.
• Before joining UserWay, she led communications for several socially impactful technology startups and advised many others.
• Geller brings to UserWay a wealth of experience in product management and a history of successful product launches reaching hundreds of millions of users each month.

• The Sporting News has raised $15 million which will be used to facilitate the growth of the brand and pivot the TSN business to being more transactionally-led.
• This incremental investment will be used to facilitate the growth of the brand and pivot the TSN business to being more transactionally-led.
• The fundraise was led by LSE-traded Playtech, alongside several other market leaders in the sports and digital media industries.
• "We believe that the future of the digital publishing industry is the pivot from revenue per thousand page views (RPM) to 'lifetime value' (LTV)," said Rich Routman, Global CEO of TSN.